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but it is by no means improbable, and would, as we 

 shall see, bring them into close relation with the 

 teachings of history and tradition as to the antediluvian 

 age. 



The most careful and elaborate studies of these 

 several types have been made by MM. Quatrefages 

 and Hamy. The former sums up the races of fossil 

 or * quaternary' men as six in number, viz. : (i) The 

 Canstadt ; (2) the Cro-magnon ; (3) the mesito- 

 cephalic race of Furfooz ; (4) the sub-brachycephalic 

 race of Furfooz ; (5) the race of Grenelle ; (6) the 

 race of Truchere. Of these only three (namely, Nos. I, 

 2, and 6) properly belong to the palanthropic age. 

 The races of Furfooz ' and of the upper beds of 

 Grenelle are neanthropic, because they are found 

 with the animal remains of that age, and they 

 resemble in cranial characters the neanthropic 

 peoples. 



The Canstadt and Cro-magnon races resemble 

 each other in being long-headed or dolichocephalic, 

 and in having strong and coarsely-made facial bones, 

 but the Canstadt race has a comparatively low fore- 

 head with strong superciliary arches, and round eye- 

 sockets. The Cro-magnon race has a brain-case of 

 more than ordinary capacity, a more elevated fore- 

 head, and eye-sockets singularly elongated horizon- 

 tally. Broca has measured the cubic contents of the 

 Cro-magnon skull, and gives as the result 1,590 cubic 

 centimetres, or 1 19 centimetres more than the average 



1 Noticed later, in Chapter VII. 



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